November 9, 2009

'Precious' Star Gabourey "Gabby" Sidibe Shines

The Lee Daniels' film is generating Oscar buzz and is headed towards 'Slumdog Millionaire' status

Oprah herself has given her recommendation (of course her and Tyler Perry produced it) but it seems everywhere you turn the movie has received glowing reviews.

The Huffington Post warns that "Major spoilers ahead" are in their review. Read at your own risk if you haven't seen the movie.

- From Mark Blakenship Huffington Post I loved the movie Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire because it told me two moving stories at once.

The film's first story is about Precious herself, a character whose endlessly miserable life is like something out of The Trojan Women: When she's not getting raped and impregnated by her father, she's getting sexually, physically, and verbally abused by her mother Mary (Mo'Nique.) She even gets pushed around by strangers on the street. Read more

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